r/energy_work • u/TomsWifeSmells • 3h ago
Need Advice Genuinely confused: repeatedly cut energy ties but they persist...
Long long story so I'll keep it short:
I have had a bad relationship with my sister in law for 5 years now. She's been treating me badly and told me directly that she doesn't like me and never will. (That was the last conversation we had years ago).
I have performed cord cuttings a few times and I did feel that they helped but usually after some time passed I'd feel the need to repeat it.
The last two years her and her husbands behavior has shifted and they now perpetually inundate us with announcements of very expensive purchases. I'm talking hundreds of thousands of dollars have been spent in a very short amount of time on frivolous things. My husband and I are both really irritated because every month we receive news about their spending either from them directly or from his mother. It's seriously non stop. Everytime we speak to them they will unprompted tell us about their next big purchase and provide dollar amounts. It feels very insidious and competitive. We've never cared about who has what or who makes more money so it's jarring to repeatedly be exposed to this behavior.
I'm trying to figure out how to navigate this from an energy perspective. Obviously I need to ignore it and I do try to but I am not exaggerating when I say they're bringing this behavior to our attention every few weeks. We have moved very far away for many reasons and I've gone no contact with them in the past (before feeling like I was overreacting and opening a line of communication again.)
What's also odd is that my sister in law was a lot less hostile last time I saw her but I feel very guarded because absolutely nothing has changed in our relationship. She usually completely shuts me out by pretending I don't exist and avoiding eye contact. She still wouldn't engage with me but I caught her looking my way and smiling when I gave a compliment on their most recent huge purchase.
Any advice? Any ideas on how to ward off this weird behavior from them, especially because it feels as if it's very negative energy directed at us...